Posts by Roddy
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Jehovah's Witnesses... Who sent the Star of Bethlehem?
by JW Answers injehovah's witnesses... who sent the star of bethlehem?.
the watchtower teach their followers that the star of bethlehem was sent by non other than satan... however as we take a look at the scriptures by comparing spiritual things with spiritual we begin to see that the star of bethlehem was not sent by satan, but used for the glory of god.a seasonal message to end the year.. watch now here :.
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Topix forums gone
by Roddy ini don't know if anyone here did topix or used topix for jw news or other religion news and discussions but today topix dropped all their religion forums, discussion forums, news aggregates, .... everything!
except for some of their entertainment portals and info panels.
now i don't have a place that aggregates jw related news.. .
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Roddy
I don't know if anyone here did Topix or used Topix for JW news or other religion news and discussions but today Topix dropped all their religion forums, discussion forums, news aggregates, .... everything! Except for some of their entertainment portals and info panels.
Now I don't have a place that aggregates JW related news.
Any substitutes out there?
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Roddy
"Double portion of your spirit"
"Anyone else has a comment?"
"Hello, we are conducting a survey ..."
"Have a nice day!"
"Anybody got any more RVs?"
"Please stand if you're able and turn to song number ..."
"Wow, that door was a goat!"
"I'm out of territory."
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Meal at Bethel
by Listener inan ex bethelite has made a video about the food that was provided at hq's.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxbe9hacqxu.
towards the end he talks about the new arrangements with the cutbacks.for breakfast if you had served a certain amount of time at bethel or were old enough you could choose whether you wanted to attend breakfast/morning worship or not.
first year bethels were made to attend to ensure they were watching the morning worship.
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Roddy
I really liked his experience. All his talk about how good the food was for him made me terribly hungry. HA!
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How do you feel about your "Bible studies" now?
by ohnightdivine ini'm not sure how best to ask this question because of my personal experience-- long story short, i was discovered through informal witnessing back in college.
i was lonely, away from family, and was touched by the attention and care that was shown to me.
during the course of many years i became very very close with the sister conducting the study even though we were thousands of miles away.
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Roddy
ohnightdivine, what did you say to her or ask of her that caused this change?
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Christmas Beliefs!
by J-DUBBED indo jehova wingnuts believe jesus birthday isn't dec 25?
or do they just plain and simple not believe in any birthday?.
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Roddy
<<Wasnt it Daniel chap. 9 that talked about Jesus being cut off in the half of the week (year).which would equal 6 months.
Since the date of his death was definitely spring (Easter) that would make six months prior the fall of the year.
Someone else can come along and explain it better - !>>
I heard similarly. -
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Christmas Beliefs!
by J-DUBBED indo jehova wingnuts believe jesus birthday isn't dec 25?
or do they just plain and simple not believe in any birthday?.
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Roddy
<<I attended Christmas Mass with my mother at her Catholic Church (not as a believer, just to sit with mom) ... interestingly the priest gave two possible reasons for the Dec 25 date, the first he spoke about the early Roman church and the Saturnalia. I was impressed that he addressed it and actually made it sound reasonable that they adopted it into Christianity. If the Catholic Church was more up front about such things in the past, it would take away some of the ammo of the JW's.>>
I'm impressed that the priest admitted that about the Dec 25th date. Still doesn't look good that the basis for Christmas is the Saturnalia.
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Forum shuns me!
by stillin inthe forum has signed me off twice.
glad i got the sign in thing worked out!
also, my pm alert says there is mail for me but there isn't.. simon, are you down under?
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Roddy
I guess the forum disfellowshipped you. LOL
I'm slowly getting used to this new format. I guess somebody figured this is an improvement?
I'm one of those people who thinks that you should not fix what isn't broken.
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Consolidating of Circuits Coming?
by The Searcher ini heard a local needs item last night which is not only adding different congregations to a different circuit, (to balance the numbers attending) but also moving all of the congs in that circuit from a relatively nearby rented venue to an assembly hall more than 4 times the distance away!
how loving of the glorious ones!
what a blessing they are giving to the flock!.
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Roddy
It makes sense for them to do that. Drop the rented hall and use the hall that is fully owned. Too bad for those that live further away but I'm sure it balances out as a boom for those that live closer to it.
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Will firing the DOs be the first step to a new Watchtower?
by Juan Viejo2 inagainst my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.
he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.
i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.
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Roddy
I've always felt that the 144,000 number was symbolic given the context of where it was mentioned in Revelation. The pressure must be really high for them to flip this key doctrine.
I don't buy the notion that the DOs will be retired early or made into COs. It is not in their best interests to de-centralize or weaken their bureaucracy.
Dissolving the DOs means dissolving the districts too. Dissolving the districts into circuits will make the zones unmanageably large, and the ZOs overworked and spread thin. Unless they want to dissolve ZOs and their zones as well. Either way it will cause the COs to be more affiliated with the congregations than with the WTS company, the congregations to becoming more autonomous, and the local body of elders to becoming more powerful and autonomous within their congregations. A real political power shift!
If the COs are made to fend more on themselves, they are going to court more favor with the congregations and build allies with those that will support them later in their old age. After all, they have their wives to consider too.
It's not going to look very good. So I'll be surprised if this DO thing happens.